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$55.81 +0.16 (+0.29%)
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FR vs. ARE, EGP, FRT, LXP, NSA, PLD, REXR, STAG, TRNO, and UDR

Should you be buying First Industrial Realty Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Industrial Realty Trust include Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), EastGroup Properties (EGP), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), LXP Industrial Trust (LXP), National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), Prologis (PLD), Rexford Industrial Realty (REXR), Stag Industrial (STAG), Terreno Realty (TRNO), and United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

First Industrial Realty Trust vs. Its Competitors

Alexandria Real Estate Equities (NYSE:ARE) and First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE:FR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and media sentiment.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has higher revenue and earnings than First Industrial Realty Trust. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Industrial Realty Trust, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alexandria Real Estate Equities$3.12B4.27$322.95M-$0.13-592.05
First Industrial Realty Trust$669.64M11.04$287.55M$1.7931.18

First Industrial Realty Trust has a net margin of 33.18% compared to Alexandria Real Estate Equities' net margin of -0.33%. First Industrial Realty Trust's return on equity of 8.65% beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Alexandria Real Estate Equities-0.33% -0.05% -0.03%
First Industrial Realty Trust 33.18%8.65%4.38%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities presently has a consensus price target of $95.87, indicating a potential upside of 24.56%. First Industrial Realty Trust has a consensus price target of $56.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.34%. Given Alexandria Real Estate Equities' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Alexandria Real Estate Equities is more favorable than First Industrial Realty Trust.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.08
First Industrial Realty Trust
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38

96.5% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Alexandria Real Estate Equities shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of First Industrial Realty Trust shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Alexandria Real Estate Equities had 13 more articles in the media than First Industrial Realty Trust. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Alexandria Real Estate Equities and 8 mentions for First Industrial Realty Trust. First Industrial Realty Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Alexandria Real Estate Equities' score of 0.84 indicating that First Industrial Realty Trust is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
13 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
First Industrial Realty Trust
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays an annual dividend of $5.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. First Industrial Realty Trust pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Alexandria Real Estate Equities pays out -4,061.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Industrial Realty Trust pays out 99.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alexandria Real Estate Equities has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years and First Industrial Realty Trust has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Alexandria Real Estate Equities has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Industrial Realty Trust has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

First Industrial Realty Trust beats Alexandria Real Estate Equities on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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FR vs. The Competition

MetricFirst Industrial Realty TrustREIT IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.37B$8.66B$12.59B$21.90B
Dividend Yield3.20%5.44%5.56%3.59%
P/E Ratio31.18149.7521.2632.78
Price / Sales11.045.1129.9760.02
Price / Cash15.7617.9922.2924.20
Price / Book2.701.652.244.65
Net Income$287.55M$128.86M$1.02B$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.57%1.25%0.96%1.48%
1 Month Performance7.64%-2.28%-1.12%0.43%
1 Year Performance1.07%-10.34%536.19%12.71%

First Industrial Realty Trust Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FR
First Industrial Realty Trust
4.2292 of 5 stars
$55.81
+0.3%
$56.00
+0.3%
+1.2%$7.37B$669.64M31.18160Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARE
Alexandria Real Estate Equities
4.7079 of 5 stars
$76.78
+2.4%
$95.87
+24.9%
-34.1%$13.28B$3.12B-590.59590Upcoming Earnings
EGP
EastGroup Properties
3.9607 of 5 stars
$182.76
+1.6%
$188.31
+3.0%
+0.3%$9.75B$640.23M39.4790News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
FRT
Federal Realty Investment Trust
4.4183 of 5 stars
$99.57
+0.6%
$109.50
+10.0%
-11.7%$8.59B$1.20B25.21320Positive News
Analyst Forecast
LXP
LXP Industrial Trust
4.5591 of 5 stars
$9.71
+2.5%
$10.33
+6.5%
-2.0%$2.87B$358.46M34.6670Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NSA
National Storage Affiliates Trust
1.5397 of 5 stars
$32.45
+0.6%
$33.64
+3.6%
-24.7%$2.49B$770.34M52.341,466
PLD
Prologis
4.6154 of 5 stars
$127.33
+2.6%
$124.30
-2.4%
+5.9%$118.24B$8.20B37.122,703Analyst Forecast
REXR
Rexford Industrial Realty
4.0201 of 5 stars
$44.26
+1.1%
$42.00
-5.1%
-3.8%$10.48B$936.41M31.17220Analyst Downgrade
STAG
Stag Industrial
4.1789 of 5 stars
$38.84
+1.7%
$38.00
-2.2%
+2.1%$7.25B$767.38M30.5890Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
TRNO
Terreno Realty
2.8858 of 5 stars
$62.24
+2.1%
$63.70
+2.4%
-3.4%$6.43B$382.62M24.7040Analyst Forecast
UDR
United Dominion Realty Trust
4.7585 of 5 stars
$36.29
+0.5%
$43.82
+20.8%
-17.4%$12.02B$1.67B95.491,432Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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